Elevating-wagon.



No. 874,525. PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907. L. G. MGGRANOR & J. W. B; LL.

ELBVATING WAGONe APPLICATION FILLED JULY24.1907.

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No. 874,525. a PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

' G. MoGRANOR & J. w. BBALL.

ELEVATING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1907. u v

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WIT/V555 j UNITED STATESPAIENT ornrcn.

L'AriRIsroN e. MCG ANORIAND JOHN w." BnALL, o IRWIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

' nLEvA rING-waGoN Sp'ecification of LettersPatent.

Patented Decf'24, 1907.

' vated or l'ow'eredfor loading and unloading,

thereby facilitating he handling eff-heavy goods, in'an economicalmanner; f

I The invention consists of an apparatuslo cated at the rear end'of thebody of}; vehicle and connected with the end gate wherebyt'he latter maybe lowered fromthe bodyz offthe vehicle'tothe ground, goods, lacedthereon; and the end gate raised tot e body ofthe vehicle, the and gateservin' as an' elevator to lift goods to the'body of the vm on and to"lower them when discharging the; oad, all as herein set forth andillustrated.---'

Referring to the accom 'anying' drawings illustrating my invention, inelevation of-the rear of a vehicle body,

- showing the invention applied thereto. Fig'.

Isuitable ,mechanism -ma ybe en'iployed to gate from the vehicle body tothe ground.

2 is a sideview, and, Fig. 3 is aplan view. In carryi'n out thisinvention, the endgate 1 of a ve 'cle is hin 'ed to -the lower end" oftwo vertically movab e uprights. 2, which may be connected in any sutable manner to the rear ends of the sides of avehicle body 3, so as toride up and down thereon, and a lower'and raise said'uprig ts carryingthe end To set forth-the onstru'ction and manner of o eratingthisapparatus, at' the rear end of t e sides 4 of the vehicle body.3 aremounted vertical strips 5, provided with flan cs6, which are engaged by;the flanges 7 of t e angle irons 8, secured to the uprl hts '2 andservin to hold them in place 1n t eir veical movement.

he inner faces of the 11prights2 are prop hich engage 'm ons 10, rigidlyearned on a s aft. l1,which "-1S"I I10fi11 l3@d il1 bearin s '12 on thebottomof the wagon body3, pinion 13 onone end of the shaft l-l engagesa'gear wheel Mona shaft '15, mounted in the s1de 4 of the body 3, j:

d spatter-Pea able meansg-f I igure 1 is avieW The shaft 15 is rovidedwith a crank arm 16 and witha ratcliehllenga ed by a pawl 17 onthe'side. ofth'e bod I 3, w ich at this point .is Hre'fera'bly provide Iwith. a reinforcing meta ic plate 18jtofst1jengthen same, The endgate?isheldinopen and closed position by the-usualchains and staples 19,or other suit- By.-the foregoing 'rneans,the end gate 1 may be-loWeredfrom the body of the vehicle to the ground, loaded? with the freight tobe placed'in thevehicle, and raised to the level of theibodyof thevehiole, where the goods It'will readily be seenthat by means of thisinventiomflthe lifting of heavy merchandise intof'the vehicle is greatlyfacilitated, as well 1 companying drawings, and it will be appre ciated'that the parts and combinations may be varied within awide range withoutdepart ing'irom the spirit and scope of our invention.

Letters Patent is:

end gate'carried upon vertically movable uprigidly' carriedv on atransverse shaft engaging said racks, and means for operating said shaftfor lowerin and raising said end gate, substantially as escribed.

2. -The combination with end gate carried upon vertical uprights movablycarried upon the rear ends ofithe sides of the vehicle, racks carriedupen said uprights, pimons engagln sald racks'rlg dly. carried on atransverse sha t, a crankarm geared to said I transverse shaft -'foroperating" same for lowas' described.

scribing witnesses.

LAURIs'roN e. McGRANOR.

JN ZW. BEALL. v Witnesses: I 0351mm,

THOMAS MILES aving thus described our, invention, what, Jwe claim as newand desire to be secured by signed our names inthe'presence of twosubjmay readily be moved into place.

asshortening thetimeof loading and unloadonce to the foregoingdescription and the ac- 1. he combination witha vehicle, ofan rights,racks carried on said uprights, pinions J a vehicle, of an ering andraising the end gate, substantially

